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Contemporary Debates in Bioethics.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Caplan, Arthur L.
- Series:
- Contemporary Debates in Philosophy Ser.
- Contemporary Debates in Philosophy Ser. ; v.27
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical ethics.
- Bioethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (537 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Somerset : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2013.
- Summary:
- Contemporary Debates in Bioethics features a timely collection of highly readable, debate-style arguments contributed by many of today's top bioethics scholars, focusing on core bioethical concerns of the twenty-first century. Written in an engaging, debate-style format for accessibility to non-specialists Features general introductions to each topic that precede scholarly debates Presents the latest, cutting-edge thoughts on relevant bioethics ideas, arguments, and debates.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contemporary Debates in Bioethics
- Copyright
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- General Introduction
- Who Is This Book for?
- What Is Bioethics?
- The Canon of Bioethics
- Motivations for Topics in Bioethics
- The Classification of Bioethics
- A Philosophical Discipline
- Dealing with Hot-Button Issues
- References
- Part 1 Are There Universal Ethical Principles That Should Govern the Conduct of Medicine and Research Worldwide?
- Introduction
- 1 There Are Universal Ethical Principles That Should Govern the Conduct of Medicine and Research Worldwide
- The Universalism-Particularism Debate in Historical Perspective
- Emergence of the Concept of Human Dignity
- The Dynamics of Dignity and Moral Particularism
- Conclusion
- 2 There Are No Universal Ethical Principles That Should Govern the Conduct of Medicine and Research Worldwide
- Principles: One Part of a Balanced Breakfast
- Universalism: Promises and Pitfalls
- Binding Moral Norms and Self-Evidence
- Reply to Decker
- Reply to Pullman
- Human Dignity and Speciesism
- The Redundancy of Basic Dignity
- Part 2 Is It Morally Acceptable to Buy and Sell Organs for Human Transplantation?
- 3 It Is Morally Acceptable to Buy and Sell Organs for Human Transplantation: Moral Puzzles and Policy Failures
- Some Background Numbers
- Financial Incentives: Increasing Access to Transplantation
- Human Organs Are Instrumental Goods
- Marketplace Morality
- Coerced Altruism
- Persons and Their Bodies
- Acknowledgment
- References.
- 4 It Is Not Morally Acceptable to Buy and Sell Organs for Human Transplantation: A Very Poor Solution to a Very Pressing Problem
- The Harsh Reality of Allowing Markets in Organs-Trafficking of the Poor
- Scarcity-Bad, Underestimated, and Growing Worse
- Duties to Those in Need and Duties to Those Who Might Supply an Organ
- The Prevailing Ethical Framework for Obtaining Organs and Tissues
- Increasing the Supply
- The Trouble with Markets in Kidneys
- A Better Option-Default to Donation
- Reply to Caplan
- Reply to Cherry
- Part 3 Were It Physically Safe, Would Human Reproductive Cloning Be Acceptable?
- 5 Were It Physically Safe, Human Reproductive Cloning Would Be Acceptable
- Dolly: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing?
- What Is Reproductive Cloning?
- The Argument that Reproductive Cloning Is Physically Unsafe
- Reasons For Reproductive Cloning
- Reasons Against Reproductive Cloning
- Harm to Others
- Eugenics
- Human Dignity
- Note
- 6 Were It Physically Safe, Human Reproductive Cloning Would Not Be Acceptable
- The Identical Twin Analogue
- The ART Analogue
- The Adopted Child Analogue
- The Parent-Child ResemblanceAnalogue
- The Replacement Child Analogue
- Cloning as "Unnatural"
- HRC as a Means
- Autonomy and Beyond
- Societal Prejudice and Respect
- Reply to Levick
- The Identical Twin Analogy
- The Assisted Reproduction Analogy
- The Adoption Analogy
- The Parent-Child Resemblance Analogy
- The Replacement Child Analogy
- Reply to Devolder
- On Reasoning by Analogy
- The Assisted Reproductive Technology Analogue
- The Parent-Child Resemblance Analogue
- Devolder's Conclusions in Her Reply.
- The Child of the Famous Analogue
- Part 4 Is the Deliberately Induced Abortion of a Human Pregnancy Ethically Justifiable?
- 7 The Deliberately Induced Abortion of a Human Pregnancy Is Ethically Justifiable
- The Moral Question of Abortion: Learning about the Key from the Keyhole
- The Asymmetric Value of Human Life:Respecting Persons and Protecting Their Lives
- Morality and Mattering: What Makes Killing Humans Wrong
- 8 The Deliberately Induced Abortion of a Human Pregnancy Is Not Ethically Justifiable
- The Reproductive Freedom Perspective
- The Innocent-Human-Life Perspective
- Warren's Personhood Perspective
- The Pro-Attitude Perspective
- The Future of Value View
- The P-Future of Value View
- The Superiority of the P-Future of Value View
- The Ideal Desire Perspective
- Thomson's Defense of Abortion Rights
- Reply to Marquis
- Reply to Reiman
- Part 5 Is It Ethical to Patent or Copyright Genes, Embryos, or Their Parts?
- 9 It Is Ethical to Patent or Copyright Genes, Embryos, or Their Parts
- Intellectual Property Rights
- Creativity and Innovation Policy
- Ethics and Morality
- Genes, Embryos, and Their Parts
- Patent Eligible Subject Matter
- A Path Forward?
- 10 It Is Not Ethical to Patent or Copyright Genes, Embryos, or Their Parts
- Intellectual Property
- Patenting "Life"
- Consequentialism
- Deontological Arguments
- Conclusions
- Reply to Koepsell
- Reply to Sung
- Part 6 Should a Child Have the Right to Refuse Medical Treatment to Which the Child's Parents or Guardians Have Consented?
- 11 The Child Should Have the Right to Refuse Medical Treatment to Which the Child's Parents or Guardians Have Consented
- Competence and Incompetence
- Legal Incompetence of Minors and the Categorical Age Criterion
- The Moral Rights of Adolescents to Consent to or Refuse Medical Treatment
- Treatment-Refusal Situations
- 12 The Child Should Not Have the Right to Refuse Medical Treatment to Which the Child's Parents or Guardians Have Consented
- Speaking the Language of Rights in the Vernacular of the Law
- A Foundation in Law: The Child and the Parent
- The Law, Psychology, and Neurology: Consent and Refusal to Consent, or Dissent
- The Right to Decide: Consent and the Refusal of Consent
- Conclusion: Respecting Childhood and Adolescence
- Reply to Brooks
- Reply to Winslade
- Part 7 Is Physician-Assisted Suicide Ever Ethical?
- 13 Physician-Assisted Suicide Is Ethical
- Magda
- The Value of Human Life
- Confusing Essence with Existence
- Social and Political Reasons
- Kant and Mill
- The Morality of Suicide and Physician-Assisted Suicide
- Being Careful, Cautious, and Conscientious
- Provisos
- 14 Physician-Assisted Suicide Is Not Ethical
- Why Intentionally Killing Innocent People (Including Oneself) Is Morally Wrong
- Intentional Killing vs. Accepting Death as a Side Effect
- The Denial That Life Is in Itself Valuable
- Can Innocent Human Life Lose Its Value?
- Autonomy
- Appropriate Death
- Dignity
- Can the Intrinsic Value of Life Be Outweighed by Other Considerations?
- Reply to Lee
- Objective Values
- Human Nature
- Shaping Lives
- Life as a Basic Good
- Benefits and Burdens
- Losing Features
- Reply to Lachs.
- Part 8 Should Stem-Cell Research Utilizing Embryonic Tissue Be Conducted?
- 15 Stem-Cell Research Utilizing Embryonic Tissue Should Be Conducted
- What Are Stem Cells?
- What Are Embryonic Stem Cells?
- Embryonic Stem-Cell Research
- Mistakes of Opponents
- We Should Allow Stem-Cell Research
- 16 Stem-Cell Research Utilizing Embryonic Tissue Should Not Be Conducted
- Respect for the Individual
- Are Embryos Persons?
- Arbitrary Lines
- Two Responses
- Warren, Singer, and Tooley
- The Nothing-Is-Lost Principle and the Principle of Waste Avoidance
- Conclusion: Adult Stem Cells
- Joint Reply
- Part 9 Should We Prohibit the Use of Chimpanzees and Other Great Apes in Biomedical Research?
- 17 We Should Prohibit the Use of Chimpanzees and Other Great Apes in Biomedical Research
- Models for Humans
- Apes, Art, Trees
- The Moral Status of Animals
- Our Obligations to Animals
- Rights for Apes
- The Great Apes Are Special
- Progress?
- 18 We Should Not Prohibit the Use of Chimpanzees and Other Great Apes in Biomedical Research
- Biological Similarities
- Chimpanzee as the Ideal Model
- A Bit of History
- AIDS and Hepatitis
- The Continued Need for Chimpanzee Research
- A Special Moral Category?
- Reply to Cohen
- Reply to Kazez
- Part 10 Should the United States of America Adopt Universal Healthcare?
- 19 The United States of America Should Adopt Universal Healthcare
- Historical and International Perspectives
- The Current Untenable Healthcare Landscape
- The Case for UHC
- The Market
- Social Basis for UHC
- Political Basis for UHC
- UHC: A Real Alternative
- Conclusion.
- References.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Caplan, Arthur L. Contemporary Debates in Bioethics
- ISBN:
- 9781118328484
- OCLC:
- 851695600
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